'Battleship' | 2012

Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times; Universal Pictures

Battleship sunk. Based on the eponymous board game, this film in which a decommissioned Navy ship is used to help stop an alien invasion, did not fare as well as some of the other recent toy-based action movies have at the box office.

Battleship sunk. Based on the eponymous board game, this film in which a decommissioned Navy ship is used to help stop an alien invasion, did not fare as well as some of the other recent toy-based action movies have at the box office. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times; Universal Pictures)

Battleship sunk. Based on the eponymous board game, this film in which a decommissioned Navy ship is used to help stop an alien invasion, did not fare as well as some of the other recent toy-based action movies have at the box office.